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Adolescent

/ˌædəˈlesənt/
A young person who is in the transitional stage between childhood and adulthood, typically between the ages of 13 and 19.

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Now, an adolescent in junior high school, she went again.

He kept that adolescent power of mental growth throughout life.

The adolescent mind is curious and ever-exploring.

Etymology:

etymology
From the Latin adolescentem, accusative of adolescens, meaning growing, maturing. The verb adolescere means to grow up or to become mature.

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